The Chautauqua Circle is an African American women's scholarship and service organization based in
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,71 ...
. Founded in 1913 by Henrietta Curtis Porter, the organization was an offshoot of the larger
Chautauqua movement
Chautauqua ( ) was an adult education and social movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua bro ...
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1913 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
African-American women's organizations
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